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Nathaniel J. Dominy

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The sleep paradox: why do humans sleep so little when we need it so much? By Nathaniel J. Dominy

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By Nathaniel J. Dominy
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The sleep paradox: why do humans sleep so little when we need it so much? A new book brings together ethnography, neurobiology and primatology to argue that how much our species sleeps is an evolutionary trade-off, with lessons for how each of us can sleep better. By Nathaniel J.
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The sleep paradox: why do humans sleep so little when we need it so much?

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By Nathaniel J. Dominy
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The Sleepless Ape: The Story of Sleep in Human Evolution David R. Samson Princeton Univ. Press (2026) Sleep deprivation disrupts memory: here’s why For millennia, philosophers have argued over why humans sleep and dream. In his fourth-century-bc treatise On Sleep and Sleeplessness, the philosopher Aristotle argued that sleep is a necessary, natural suspension of consciousness that allows the body and soul to recover.
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Dark matters

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By Zachary Sexton, Shira Weingarten-Gabbay, Bei Zhao, Nathaniel J. Dominy
| Science Magazine
Skip to main content Main content starts here Access the full article View all access options to continue reading this article. References and Notes 1 R. Macfarlane, Underland: A Deep Time Journey (Hamish Hamilton, 2019). 2 J. Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Pantheon Books, 1949). Books 1 Underland Robert Petit, director Sandbox Films, 2025.
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